Suicide among military conscripts in Finland: A psychological autopsy study

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-18

  Marttunen, Mauri ^a   Henriksson, Markus ^a,b   Pelkonen, Seppo ^a   Schroderus, Martti ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031030387     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.1.14     Document Type: Article

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